Get the Lead Out Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt from prohibitions on the use or sale of lead pipes, solder, and flux: (1) pipes or pipe or plumbing fittings or fixtures, including backflow preventers, that are used exclusively for nonpotable services such as manufacturing, industrial processing, irrigation, outdoor watering or any other uses where the water is not anticipated to be used for human consumption; or (2) toilets, bidets, urinals, fill valves, flushometer valves, tub fillers, shower valves, service saddles, or water distribution main gate valves that are two inches in diameter or larger.
Redefines "lead free" under such Act to mean: (1) not containing more than 0.2% lead when used with respect to solder and flux (current law); and (2) not more than a weighted average of 0.25% when used with respect to the wetted surfaces of pipes and pipe and plumbing fittings and fixtures. Establishes a formula to calculate the weighted average lead content of a pipe or pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5289 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5289
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reduce lead in drinking water,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 12, 2010
Ms. Eshoo (for herself and Mr. George Miller of California) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reduce lead in drinking water,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Get the Lead Out Act''.
SEC. 2. REDUCING LEAD IN DRINKING WATER.
(a) In General.--Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300g-6) is amended--
(1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:
``(4) Exemptions.--The prohibitions in paragraphs (1) and
(3) shall not apply to--
``(A) pipes or pipe or plumbing fittings or
fixtures, including backflow preventers, that are used
exclusively for nonpotable services such as
manufacturing, industrial processing, irrigation,
outdoor watering, or any other uses where the water is
not anticipated to be used for human consumption; or
``(B) toilets, bidets, urinals, fill valves,
flushometer valves, tub fillers, shower valves, service
saddles, or water distribution main gate valves that
are 2 inches in diameter or larger.''; and
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
``(d) Definition of Lead Free.--
``(1) In general.--For the purposes of this section, the
term `lead free' means--
``(A) not containing more than 0.2 percent lead
when used with respect to solder and flux; and
``(B) not more than a weighted average of 0.25
percent when used with respect to the wetted surfaces
of pipes and pipe and plumbing fittings and fixtures.
``(2) Calculation.--The weighted average lead content of a
pipe or pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture shall be calculated
by using the following formula: For each wetted component, the
percentage of lead in the component shall be multiplied by the
ratio of the wetted surface area of that component to the total
wetted surface area of the entire product to arrive at the
weighted percentage of lead of the component. The weighted
percentage of lead of each wetted component shall be added
together and the sum of these weighted percentages shall
constitute the weighted average lead content of the product.
The lead content of the material used to produce wetted
components shall be used to determine compliance with paragraph
(1)(B). For lead content of materials that are provided as a
range, the maximum content of the range shall be used.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The provisions of subsections (a)(4) and (d)
of section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as added by this
section, apply beginning on January 1, 2012.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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